I have pictures of icing birthday cakes at 1:30 in the morning. It will turn out great. You have some big kids to help with the rest, put them to work and focus on your cake. Pretend its a piece of fabric and magic will happen!

I waited until the day before college graduation to get my ears pierced... so I could have the benefit of several drinks before and after the event. I don't guess that drinks will be part of Eleni's preparations. :)

I dont remember any of my birthday cakes really, but what I do remember is the time my parents made a cake and it broke. They turned it out onto the table and let me and my sister have at it. Some mistakes are just meant to be.

It may well be too late to give advice on this, but the trick is a rectangular cake! Cut off the top two corners as the cake faces you (length going left to right) and a little bit of corner smoothing on the bottom two corners. Once you've done this, you basically frost the two cut corners back onto the cake for the ears. Maybe it's too late but I'm sure it will taste great regardless! My Lucy has her birthday today as well: 8 years old. She's letting me off easy with store bought cupcakes :)

Hello Kitty cake sounds like a great idea. Cute. I am sure you are doing the best you can. On my daughter's 5th birthday I decided to double the cake recipe, it was so dry and horrible. Kids were choking! AND I forgot the drinks! Its the company you share right?! :)

All I needed was the title and the photo to feel your pain. I'm sure it all turned out swimmingly (or skatingly, as it were). Happy birthday on the birthday of your daughter - that's how the Dutch do it.

oooh good luck! The pressure is on...but I bet you can pull it all off beautifully, gracefully, and without even a schmear of guacamole on your shirt! :)Happy birthday Eleni - 6 is such a gorgeous age to become!

I feel your pain. My son's birthday is the 20th also..he turned 12. I did a cake for his party on Monday, so that was it...just a 2 layer cake, nothing special. The last "special" cake, um, well, fell down. On his birthday. Right before the party. Haven't tried another since. I'll stick to sewing and knitting/crocheting. Hope Eleni had a wonderful birthday!

My daughter wanted a Hello Kitty cake for her 6th birthday too! You'll probably have everything figured out by now, but here's a pic of what turned out to be a super easy way to make one. The face is cut out of white fondant, the eyes, nose, and hair flower are jelly bellys, and the whiskers are black gel icing. Really, really easy. Good luck!

Happy Birthday to Eleni! The most important thing is that you took the time out to make a homemade cake! Theres 10 in my family and my mother used to churn out hilarious 'cakes' at our birthdays. Six is so much more grown up than 5! Enjoy the day! Lilly xwww.lillyhiggins.blogspot.com

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I hate it when cakes do that! I usually cheat and just do a sheet cake and leave it in the pan. My birthday cakes aren't always perfect, but the boys always seem to love them anyway. I know she's going to be so excited! Happy 6th Eleni!

LOL that is hilarious. I SO understand exactly that feeling! Even though I am obsessive about freshness, I now do my baking for events the night before and keep it refrigerated. It allows me some sanity to know I could make it again in an emergency. I hope you put up the finished shot too!

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